Why I Believe

  As we prepare to celebrate Easter this coming Sunday, I thought I would send out a small article I was asked to write for a local newspaper.  I had to limit it to 800 words, so it is a “bulletpoint” version of a more extensive examination of the resurrection of Jesus.  Here you go:… Continue reading Why I Believe

St. Patrick’s Day

Christ, shield me today…(St. Patrick’s Lorica) Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Since I have had my DNA analyzed through Ancestry.com I now know that I am 7% Irish!  Not much, but I’ll take it. St. Patrick’s Day has a special place in my heart.  As a clueless college student I wandered into a Pizza place/ Pub… Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day

Up a tree for Jesus

(Traditional site of Zacchaeus’s encounter with Jesus) Zacchaeus…come down. I must stay at your house today, ( Luke 19:5). I can only imagine that no one was more surprised than Zacchaeus when Jesus made this statement.  It took place in Jericho as Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem for the Passion Week.  If you… Continue reading Up a tree for Jesus